 Genius Lyrics
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Christopher Cross – Sailing
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A gentle yet emotionally powerful song, “Sailing” was released as a the second single from Cross' debut album (after “Ride Like The Wind”). Originally “I Really Don’t Know Anymore
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Christopher Cross – Never Be the Same
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[Verse 1] / It was good for me / It was good for you / Now nothing either of us can say or do / Can change the way you feel tonight / Sometimes love just slips out of sight / [Pre-
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Christopher Cross – Ride Like the Wind
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“Ride Like The Wind” was Christopher Cross' debut single. It held the #2 position on the Hot 100 in the spring of 1980 for four weeks, held from the top spot by Blondie’s massive
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Christopher Cross – Roberta (For Joni Mitchell)
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[Chorus 1] / She is the sun / She is the seed and water / She’s the shaman / Don Juan’s reckless daughter / [Chorus 1] / She is the sun / She is the seed and water / She’s the
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Christopher Cross (Ft. Frances Ruffelle) – I Will (Take You Forever)
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[Verse 1: Christopher Cross] / I was a man / Who always played around in love / So quick to take / But so afraid to give enough / But now I've found the one / And heaven will only
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Christopher Cross – Doctor Faith
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(Doctor Faith, fix me, Doctor Faith) / Here you are again, the chair, the pad, the cup / (Doctor Faith, fix me, Doctor Faith) / Never been more empty, go on and fill me up / This
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Christopher Cross – Back of My Mind
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I woke up to my world this morning / Took a long look in the looking glass / Last night I guess I had one or too many / Somebody tried to tell me I had no class / Whatever happened
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Christopher Cross – The Light Is On
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Is it yours / Is it mine / I was never the kind who could draw the line / Are you free / Unforgiven / Is this the kind of world you could live in / It's alright / The light is on
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Christopher Cross – Someday
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Here's a song for the hearts so lonely / The ones who feel that love won't come / Looking to find that one and only / I've got something to say to you / You see the lovers walking
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Christopher Cross – Alvah (In Memory of Rob Meuer)
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[Chorus 1] / Hey my friend / Guess you’re in the wind / Finding open spaces / Where your soul can roam / We miss you so / But we know you know / Your light will shine forever
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Christopher Cross – Is There Something
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Lately I see clouds of sorrow in your eyes / Some deep sadness you can never quite disguise / Now I'm scared to ask what it's leading to / But I'm more afraid of not asking you
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Christopher Cross – Take Me As I Am
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[Chorus 1] / Faith will you absolve me / Or hold me to fire / For all for all the fools I’ve been / Could you abide me / Trust this lonely squire / And take me as I am / [Chorus 2
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Christopher Cross – Swept Away
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I never had anything happen so fast / Took one look and I shattered like glass / I guess I let it show 'cause your smile / Told me you knew / That you're everything I ever wanted
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Christopher Cross (Ft. Michael McDonald) – I Really Don't Know Anymore
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What do you think about love / Is it a game to be played / To be torn and lost in the wilderness / To be lost / And lonely after all / What do you think about love / Is it a way to
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Christopher Cross – Every Turn of the World
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We think about the loves we lost / Will it come again / We think of all the things we want / Will we ever win / We listen to the voice of children / Will they find their way / Keep
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Christopher Cross – Any Old Time
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Any old time / Any old time / Any old time will do / Everyone, maybe once or twice / Finds a friend that's a friend for life / Somebody who believed in me like you / From those
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Christopher Cross – Hey Kid
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Hey, kid, I'm talking to you / I got a couple things I'd like to say / The world's a mess and there's so much to do / And you're the one who gets to save the day / Well, I hope you
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Christopher Cross – Walking In Avalon
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Maybe I remind you of a lover you had / Maybe I'm crazy and I make you laugh / Maybe you thought I had a lot of cash / I don't care what it was / But I love what it does / I really
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Christopher Cross – Think of Laura
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[Intro] / Hey Laura, Laura / Hey Laura, Laura / [Verse 1] / Every once in a while / I'd see her smile / And she'd turn my day around / A girl with those eyes could stare through
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Christopher Cross – All Right
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I know / I know what's on your mind / And I know it gets tough sometimes / But you can give it one more try / Find a reason why / You should pick it up / Oooh, and try it again
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Christopher Cross (Ft. Valerie Carter) – Spinning
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Ooh wee / Got me spinning / Got me spinning 'round / Like I think I'm winning / It may take me a long long time / But I'm gonna find you out / It may take me a long long time / But
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Christopher Cross – A Chance For Heaven
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[Verse 1] / I know that winning / It doesn't come easy / I know that winning / It's what's on your mind / It's what's on your mind / [Verse 2] / I know you want it / A gift from
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Christopher Cross – No Time For Talk
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Well I read it in town in the melancholy news / The front page story is our love is through / The hand of time is cold / I can't stand to hear the truth / Somehow I won't believe
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Christopher Cross – In A Red Room
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Show me what you brought me / Silk and nothing more / Let the light discover you / As the ribbons hit the floor / Fall into the pillows / Let me watch you play / Sharing all your
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Christopher Cross – Before I Go
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I look out on the city lights / The guarded streets below / I marvel at my history / The things that I don't know / Just another question / A shadow on my soul / Will there be time
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Christopher Cross – Just One Look
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On the outback, a fool for the wind / Forgot to count my blessings again / The road looks lonely, I could use a friend / Looking for somebody to forgive my sins / And just one look
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Christopher Cross – Old Days
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[Chorus 1] / Old days / Old ways / Things are not the same / Time frays / My mind strays / The evanesce of the flame / [Chorus 1] / Old days / Old ways / Things are not the same
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Christopher Cross – Jan's Tune
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Lost in the future / Worried about the past / Willful and lazy / Pedaling nowhere fast / She works her wonders / Keeping me in today / Reaching through my darkness / Reminding me
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Christopher Cross – Minstrel Gigolo
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You're the minstrel gigolo / Don't you know / You sing your songs of love so soft and low / And they want you more and more / All the young and lonely girls wait for you / There by
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Christopher Cross (Ft. Gigi Worth) – Truth
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[Chorus 1: Christopher Cross, Gigi Worth] / We scratch and fight to learn / Where in this heaven our truth is / But will the years all burn / Before we look we look where our youth
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Christopher Cross – Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
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“Arthur’s Song (Best That You Can Do)” was the main theme song for the 1981 Dudley Moore film Arthur. Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager chose Cross to sing it “because the year
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Christopher Cross – Say You'll Be Mine
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[Chorus] / Say you'll be mine / Say you'll be mine until the sun shines / Say you'll be mine / And bring me the dream of a lifetime / [Verse 1] / Well I just can't hide the truth
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Christopher Cross – Everything
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You are everything / I never knew I wanted / I want it / Every day on my own / Feel uptight, feel alone / Then at once right on cue / I remember you / Straightaway I find my ease
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Christopher Cross – I'm Too Old For This
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Guess I thought this time of life would be different / Thought I could cruise into my golden years / But I just can't seem to put my mind at rest / 'Cause I don't believe my eyes
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Christopher Cross – Poor Shirley
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Poor Shirley / She must hide her tears / For nobody wants to see them / Surely it will break her heart / Time passes as she waits for a friend / We'll take all the doubtful ones in
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Christopher Cross – That Girl
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I'm waking up in the same old way / But I can't shake me out of the dream / And every time that I close my eyes / I see her face like a star on the TV screen / They all keep asking
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Christopher Cross – When You Come Home
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Now the days crawl by / And every night I die / Since you've been gone / The dark still brings the dawn / But, baby, what do I care / But when you walk in that door / It won't be
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Christopher Cross – I Know You Well
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A good fight half won / A good scotch half gone / And I'll never win Mr. Congeniality / I BS'd once again / She acquiesced / And I got off on a technicality / I've always loved our
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Christopher Cross (Ft. Gigi Worth) – Open Up My Window
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Every night / I open up my window / Open up my window / And let your love come in / Every night / I open up my window / Open up my window / And let your love come in / Every night
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Christopher Cross – Wishing Well
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(Ooh-ooh-ooh...) / In this land of accessories / The obsolescent sheen / Like so many fools before us / Lost in dreams / What's behind the curtain / The dinette or the stole / Such
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Christopher Cross – I Don't See It Your Way
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Call it discussion / Call it debate / Call it two fools shouting at the night / Toxic with anger / Right from the gate / As each of us pretend we know what’s right / We can’t
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Christopher Cross – Charm the Snake
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You gotta be smart / You gotta be cool / You gotta keep a straight face / When you're playin' the fool / You gotta wear a smile / When you're breakin' the rules / You gotta charm
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Christopher Cross – Words Of Wisdom
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I can hear your voice and I have no choice / 'Cause the pain is too deep inside / And the hurt of a love that is lost has no cure / But the love of another heart / Your friends try
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